Semiautomatic filling device for toy balloons



0. S. KING.

SEMIAUTOMATIC FILLING DEVICE FOR TOY BALLOONS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 192l- 1A31,8 17. Patented 001. 10,1922.

WI T/V E 88158 0770.3. K/Na A TTOR/VEYS Patented Get. 10, 1922.

i TTE OTTO S. KING, OF WEEHAWKEN, NEW JERSEY.

Application filed April '2,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro S. KING, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of W'eeha-wken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Semiautomatic Filling Device for Toy Balloons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to filling devices for toy balloons, and has particular reference to a semiautomatic device.

An object of the invention is to provide a device for filling toy balloons by which the labor entailed on the part of the operator is reduced to a minimum, and whereby, therefore, a much larger number of balloons can be filled in a given time than heretofore.

Another object resides in the particular construction and arrangement of which are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the system, including the semiautomatic device for filling toy balloons;

Figure 2 is a plan view; and t Figure 3 is a detail section through the semiautomatic valve.

The preferred embodiment of my invention, as shown in the drawings, comprises a ,Qfaseous fluid reservoir 1 which is connected by a pipe 2 and suitable connections 3 to a reducing valve 4. This valve i may be any standard type of reducing valve. This reducing valve 4; is, in turn, connected by a pipe 5 to a semiautomatic valve, of which the plug or valve body 6 is shown in Fig. 1. This valve, in turn, is connected by a pipe 7 to a nozzle 8. The valve plug 6 is provided with a valve stem 9 adapted to be operated by a pivoted handle 10 which is pivoted on a bracket 11 fastened to the outside of the valve plug 6.

As shown in Fig. 3. the valve stem 9 at its upper end is connected to a valve 12 adapted normally to rest on a seat 13. This valve is adapted when open to connect pas- 1921. Serial No. 458,127.

sages l4; and 15 disposed in the plug 6 on opposite side of the valve 12. Above the valve, in the plug 6, is an opening which is normally closed by a screw-threaded cap 16. Disposed between the cap and the valve 12 is a spring 17 which normally holds the valve 12 on the seat 13.

In the operation of the device, the gaseous fluid flows from the reservoir 1 through the pipe system and the reducing valve to the valve 6. When the operator moves the handle 10, this movement causes the unseating of valve 12 and permits the flow of gas through the valve into the nozzle 8. This nozzle 8 is situated on the portion 19 of the pipe system which bent at right angles to the main portion 01 the system. The balloon 18 is held against the tapered nozzle 8 and the handle 10 is operated. to permit the flow of gaseous fluid thereinto. When the proper amount of gas is in the balloon, the operator, to shut off the flow of gas, merely releases the handle 10, whereupon the valve is seated by the action of the spring. This elimination of the necessity for the operator to positively move the valve in closing the pipe system eliminates pending a considerable in the great number during the day.

Minor modifications, of course, may be made in the arrangement and construction of the parts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

A device for filling toy balloons, which comprises a pipe line, a tapered nozzle in said line, a valve in said line disposed adjacent said nozzle, a manually operated lever adapted to open said valve when moved, and a spring adapted to close said valve when the manually operated lever is released, said nozzle being disposed on the end of the pipe line and bent at right angles to the remainder of the line, the plane occupied by the nozzle and the line being at right angles to the plane occupied by'the line and the lever.

' OTTO S. KING,

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